Okay folks, this is another update on the Twitch to YouTube exports/archival playlist.
First of all, I've successfully exported all of October's remaining, and all of November's past streams to YouTube and they'll soon be put in the playlist, in the correct order, partly so I don't have to do this later, but also so it's easier for me to look into merging the separated parts of the video into one whole part. Additionally, I've removed all the short videos lasting less than 10 minutes, as after looking at them, it's clear that they were just stalled starts in one form or another. Additionally, I've cleared all of those videos from my Twitch VOD list, as they were effectively clutter; I'll, of course, keep up to date with ensuring that only the proper videos are in my VOD list on Twitch.
So now we come to the status of the exported VODs. Currently, as far as I'm aware, the 2 videos I did in 2017 (yes, they'll be included in the new system, and merge with May's playlist), all of May, and then July & August videos are currently public, and needing changes made to bring them in line with my current system (for easier organisation). Due to this, I'm not releasing the September (if they aren't already public) to November videos until I've aligned all my previous stream videos to the previous system, which means the following:
- Game titles will no longer appear in the stream title, and all stream titles will adhere to the following format: Played Up w/ X+ (+ denotes the participants) Live! - Day Segment | DD/MM/YY (SYSTEM);
- The game title(s) will appear in the Twitch "going live" announcement, and the categories.
- For videos exported to YouTube, the games played will be the top line of the description, with their full titles, with the main game (where there is one) being used as the game in the relevant field.
- Video tagging will need to be given further consideration to make sure it's consistent across the board and they'll be applied at the time of export, as that's much easier to do, especially as I can no longer apply the tags when I edit the video, as Twitch applies some tags automatically depending on the game, and their tags are also now "focus tags", such as "multiplayer", "single player", randomiser and so on.
- From December, all streams will be aligned with the new system - with the older videos, as mentioned before also being aligned with this system - and they will be available on YouTube a week after they have shown on Twitch.
- The VODs will remain on Twitch until they're manually deleted, though in the future I may eventually have it so only VODs for the current streaming month will be available to watch, with the older videos being available only on YouTube, which will help somewhat with video management down the line.
- With regards to the September-November videos, they'll be published in a staggered fashion, after I've gotten them up to date with my guidelines, so they may be temporarily unavailable for a while; the videos will stay on Twitch so you can at least catch up with things!
- Lastly, the new system will be fully up and running from February, but I'll be inching towards that status from December.
As far as I'm aware, they're currently the only changes that need mentioning, though I'm hoping that it'll mean somewhat less work for me in the long run, as well as having a more uniform setup, as well as not running into issues with the title length on YouTube (Twitch's field is longer), as well as allowing full titles of games. One additional thing I'll be doing is setting up an info site for every game I (and others) have streamed and listing purchase links for every site the game is available for sale on. Do note however, that I'm including GUN (or related) affiliate links within each entry, and they'll be indicated with a '*', so people are aware which links support us when purchasing a game. I'll also be including a line that states who played the game, and the dates the game is covered under and also a link to the review (if there is one), so it's easy to find videos on the game before it is purchased. This means that I'll also be shortening the info for each game in each post, to shorten the description a bit (and also allowing more info to be displayed).
It's likely that a Wiki will be used for this info, as it allows a lot of flexibility with info display, though it'll take a while to build it, so I'll be making those changes later on, especially once I've defined a template; I'll probably incorporate it as part of a wide Geeked Up Network Wiki, as it makes things easier in the long run, which I'll look into shortly!
Either way, I'm going to make things a bit easier to handle in the long run, so look out for updates on this!